The Santiago Trail has been offering us many synchronistic events to assist us on our camino. Today we walked from Viana, through the city of Logrono and on to Navarette. A long day of walking especially when we had to walk all the way through a city, which can be energetically draining. I made the most of being in the city and bought some new footware, a pair of North Face gortex hiking shoes with Vibram soles. Now I mean’t…
The Camino De Santiago went easy on me today as I had on my new boots and I didn’t have to carry my rucksack. We walked from Ayegi to Los Arcos and were able to enjoy and beautiful sunny day albeit a little windy and breathtaking scenery. Many people choose to carry some form of walking stick while walking the camino De Santiago, whether it be a tree branch found on the side of the path or the graphite hiking…
On The Camino De Santiago De Compostela Today we walked from Puente La Reina to Ayegi. It was the most physically demanding day I have personally had on the camino so far. There were quite a few steep hills to walk up and for the final few kilometre which was all up hill, I carried Indigo as well as my monstrous backpack, which was 40kg in all. When I finally unloaded the weight at the albergue in Ayegi, I was…
Today on the Camino De Santiago De Compostela we stayed put in a town called Puente La Reina. I had deep blisters and was incapable of walking any distance. And after the previous nights 10 hour walk, we were both ready for a break. Puente La Reina was a town that Paulo Coelho talks about visting in his International bestselling book, “The Pilgrimage”. Reading his book 10 years ago was my first introduction to The Camino de Santiago and I…
More life lessons on the Camino De Santiago De Compostela. Walking from Pamplona to Puente La Reina, is a very interesting and memorable walk. It is a special part of the camino, although can one part be any more special than another, that is one to ponder. This leg of The Camino Frances is a prominent chapter in Paulo Coelho’s book, The Pilgrimage, and if you haven’t read it, it is worth a read. Victoria received a lesson in attachment,…